Folks would be more likely to do so if there were a visible way to do so.
I suspect they'll lose many people that way, since it's not clear the thing is even for sale unless you stumble upon it somehow. Is this an open source make-your-own-board thing where I get a BoM and CAD files? A buyable product? It's not clear at all from the site design.
Disclaimer: The design is responsive. It disappears at lower screen widths. There's a subtle menu in the top-right, and the bottom of the menu hides the "buy" button. It's fine if you're running a full-screen browser window on a desktop.
Thanks for your feedback - I dislike "pushing" the buy button, but you are right that it's hard to find on mobile, so I have added a [Buy a TinyPICO] and [Buy a TinyPICO Nano] button in the main body of each respective page.
I dislike pushing "buy" too, but I like being able to find it, or at least knowing it's for sale. Most people coming in will have no idea.
Two more proposed changes:
1) "Getting started" presumes I have a device. I don't. That's obnoxious. The first step in getting started is buying a device (or, for other projects, ordering a PCB and a BoM, or otherwise). The first thing I want to know is:
- Is it for sale, or do I build it myself?
- What should I buy? Nano? Normal? Do I want any accessories?
- Where should I buy it?
2) In your github repos, you link to a store. It'd be nice if you said what you were selling in the lik "Or by buying the TinyPCIO or one of our other products on tindie or our own shop." This clearly contrasts with e.g. selling t-shirts and swag, build kits, or otherwise. And yes, many open source projects support themselves in part by selling unrelated swag.
I suspect they'll lose many people that way, since it's not clear the thing is even for sale unless you stumble upon it somehow. Is this an open source make-your-own-board thing where I get a BoM and CAD files? A buyable product? It's not clear at all from the site design.
Disclaimer: The design is responsive. It disappears at lower screen widths. There's a subtle menu in the top-right, and the bottom of the menu hides the "buy" button. It's fine if you're running a full-screen browser window on a desktop.